Connectives

Connectives exercise - http://www.autoenglish.org/generalgrammar/ConnectorsExercise.htm

Linkers exercise - http://www.autoenglish.org/generalgrammar/LinkersExercise.htm

Sentence Transformations

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zepsLKwEvQM

- a useful video in Spanish but with some helpful tips...

Some exercises for you to try here... ASK IF YOU ARE UNSURE ABOUT ANYTHING!

http://www.flo-joe.com/preliminaryenglish/writing/pet_writing_practice_test_part_1.htm

http://www.autoenglish.org/PET/PETPastSimplePresentPerfect.htm

http://www.autoenglish.org/PET/PETPassiveReportedSpeech.htm

http://www.autoenglish.org/PET/PETAntonymsandmore.htm

http://www.autoenglish.org/PET/PETQuantifiiers.htm

http://www.autoenglish.org/PET/PETOthers.htm

Some extra tips for Crit C 67% - What are we going to do today

Criterion C:

1.A short writing task of 35-45 words
(mark out of 5)

2.Writing an informal letter of about 100 words.

(mark out of 15)

What should I do to prepare?

1. The first thing you need to do is to redraft your exam answers. Write them out again, improving them.

Pay close attention to mistakes that I have underlined. ASK if you are not sure what the problem is.

Look at my written comments and follow them.

Refer to the mark schemes above to make sure you have got FULL MARKS.

2. Below are two more questions for you to practice with. Preparing these will be excellent preparation for our exam.

a. You are unable to attend an appointment with your doctor. 

Write a short email to Dr Jones in which you:

•  apologise for having to miss the appointment
•  explain why you can no longer attend 
•  propose another day and time to have the appointment.
• 
  

Write 35 - 45 words

b. This is part of a letter you receive from an English friend:

I love cooking so much and I am thinking about taking some classes. 

What is your favourite food? What is the food like in your country?

 Have you ever had food from a different country? How does it compare to yours?

Write a letter answering your friend´s questions. 

Write about 100 words on your answer sheet.

Things to be getting on with whilst oral exams are happening

You need to remain IN SILENCE whilst exams are being carried out. 

If you talk, you will lose marks as this is a SPEAKING and LISTENING exam.

What can I do whilst exams are being carried out?

1. Prepare for your exam with quizlet lists and the list of useful phrases.

2. Prepare for writing exams by revising tenses. Find the link below:

 https://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/exercises

Oral exam in pairs - Structure

Part 1 - Short Introduction to Examiner (2-3 minutes)

You could be asked any question about you and your life so be prepared.

Part 2 - Discussion based on a situation with a picture to help you (2-3 minutes)

eg

Refer to this checklist:

•Discuss all options?

•Both speak equally? Why? Why not?

•Give reasons for their opinions?

•Have they both done the following:

–Made a suggestion

–Asked the other’s opinion

–Shown a preference

–Agree/disagreed

–Kept the discussion going

–Summed up (made a final comment)
Use the lovely phrases further down on the blog too :)

Part 3 - Describing a photo (3 minutes in total but each student talks about their photo for one minute each)

Remember to:

1. Start with a general description.

2. Use prepositions to describe different parts / people / objects in the photo.

3. Use interesting adjectives and ways to describe specific content in the photo.

4. Give your opinion of what is going on in the photo - what COULD be going on?

Quizlet list: Key words and phrases for PET speaking and writing

Quizlet list: more useful phrases for PET speaking

Part 4 - Conversation based on photo (3 minutes)

e.g. Both your photographs showed people doing things in groups. Now I’d like you to talk together about things you do in groups, and whether you like doing things in groups or not. 

Checklist for part 4:

1.Talk about BOTH parts of what the examiner says

2.Start with a question to your partner

3.Listen to your partner and RESPOND to what they have said.

4.Keep the conversation moving forward (talk like a normal person not an English robot!)

5.Interesting opinions and examples

6.Fancy language – a range of tenses, interesting adjectives

Prepositions of Place - Quizlet list

Click here for the quizlet list

PET Speaking Part 2 - Useful Phrases

PET
SPEAKING
TEST–
useful
phrases

Asking
for
clarification

Sorry,
I’m
not
sure
what
you
mean.

I
don’t
(really)
understand

Correcting
yourself

What
I
mean
is…

What
I
meant
was…

What
I’m
trying
to
say
is…

Discussing with partner (Part 2)

·         Making suggestions

I
don’t
think
…

 I’m
not
sure
whether
…

 I
think
it’d
be
better
if 
…

I
think
we
should….

It
makes
me …

I
find
it
really
…

It
looks
a
bit
strange/difficult …

He/she
looks
as
if
…

The
good/bad
thing(s)
is/are…

One
advantage
/disadvantage
is…

On
the
other
hand…

·         Expressing opinions

I
(really)
like/love/enjoy
…..

I
don’t
(really)
like….

I’m
not
very
keen
on…

I
much
prefer…

I’d
prefer…

I’d
(much)
rather…

The
thing
I
like
the
best
is
….

·         Agreeing
or
disagreeing
with
your
partner

I
agree/disagree

That
sounds
like
a
good
idea

That’s
a
great
idea

You’re
right!

That’s
true

I’m
not
sure
about
that

I
don’t
(really)
agree

Yes,
but…

·         Involving
your
partner

What
do
you
think?

Do
you
think
we
should…?

Why
don’t
we…?

Perhaps
we
should…

Let’s
decide
about….,
shall
we?

What
shall
we
do
first?